noun 1. Also called harvest mite, redbug. the six-legged larva of a mite of the family Trombiculidae, parasitic on humans and other vertebrates, sucking blood and causing severe itching and acting as a vector of scrub typhus and other infectious diseases. 2. . /ˈtʃɪɡə/noun 1. (US & Canadian) Also called chigoe, redbug. the parasitic larva of any of various free-living mites of the family Trombidiidae, which causes intense itching of human skin 2. another name for the chigoe (sense 1) n.

1756, from West Indies chigoe (1660s), possibly from Carib, or from or influenced by words from African languages (e.g. Wolof and Yoruba jiga “insect”).

[sheen-yon, sheen-yuhn; French shee-nyawn] /ˈʃin yɒn, ʃinˈyʌn; French ʃiˈnyɔ̃/ noun, plural chignons [sheen-yonz, sheen-yuhnz; French shee-nyawn] /ˈʃin yɒnz, ʃinˈyʌnz; French ʃiˈnyɔ̃/ (Show IPA) 1. a large, smooth twist, roll, or knot of hair, worn by women at the nape of the neck or the back of the head. /ˈʃiːnjɒn; French ʃiɲɔ̃/ noun 1. an arrangement […]

[chig-oh] /ˈtʃɪg oʊ/ noun 1. a flea, Tunga penetrans, of tropical America and Africa, the impregnated female of which embeds itself in the skin, especially of the feet, of humans and animals and becomes greatly distended with eggs. /ˈtʃɪɡəʊ/ noun 1. Also called chigger, jigger, sand flea. a tropical flea, Tunga penetrans, the female of […]

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